SearchView Activity

MyActivity.java

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
      getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.search, menu);

      final MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.search);
      if (item != null) {
          final View actionView = item.getActionView();
          if (actionView != null) {
            SearchView searchView = (SearchView) actionView;

            // changes the search icon
            int searchImgId = getResources().getIdentifier("android:id/search_button", null, null);
            final View v = searchView.findViewById(searchImgId);
            if (v != null) {
                ImageView vi = (ImageView) v;
                vi.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_action_action_search);
            }

            // Changes the EditText style
            int searchPlateId = searchView.getContext().getResources().getIdentifier("android:id/search_plate", null, null);
            View searchPlate = searchView.findViewById(searchPlateId);
            if (searchPlate != null) {
                searchPlate.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.edit_text);
            }

            SearchManager manager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
            final SearchableInfo searchableInfo = manager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName());
            searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchableInfo);
            searchView.setOnQueryTextListener((SearchView.OnQueryTextListener) fragment);
            searchView.setOnCloseListener((SearchView.OnCloseListener) fragment);
          }
      }
      
      return true;
    }